Sony Says It's Still Not the Time for a Purely Digital Console

The video game industry has progressed over the years from cartridges to CDs to DVDs to Blu-rays and now the next step has been clear for a while now. We’ve reached the end of physical media, and while it still exists, it’s clear that at some point a jump will have to be made, eliminating retail hard copies altogether as consoles move to purely digital distribution.

But Sony says that time is not now, or at least not yet. Despite embracing the tech with the new handheld Vita being heavily focused on digital distribution...

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